http://www.qando.net/

Home News NN Blogs Chat Advertise Search Privacy

Author Posts: Jon McQ Dale Bryan Billy Lance Michael Jason

Meta-Blog

Email:
Jon Henke
Bruce "McQ" McQuain
Dale Franks
Bryan Pick
Billy Hollis
Lance Paddock
MichaelW

Recent Posts

The Ayers Resurrection Tour
Special Friends Get Special Breaks
One Hour
The Hope and Change Express - stalled in the slow lane
Michael Steele New RNC Chairman
Things that make you go "hmmmm"...
Oh yeah, that "rule of law" thing ...
Putting Dollar Signs in Front Of The AGW Hoax
Moving toward a 60 vote majority?
Do As I Say ....

QandO Newsroom

Newsroom Home Page

US News

US National News
Politics
Business
Science
Technology
Health
Entertainment
Sports
Opinion/Editorial

International News

Top World New
Iraq News
Mideast Conflict

Blogging

Blogpulse Daily Highlights
Daypop Top 40 Links

Regional

Regional News

Publications

News Publications

Close Call
Posted by: Dale Franks on Sunday, February 18, 2007

Apparently, Starbuck the Wonder Dog's bout with Parvo was a light one. Despite discharging some bloody, watery poo early this morning as the virus attacked her intestinal lining, she ate this afternoon when we went to see her, and she was able to keep it down. The hospital fed her again at 8:00pm. If she remains able to keep bland food down, the vet says we can take her back home tomorrow.

She was a lot less lethargic when we saw her today, which was good.

She's in an isolation room, and right next to her is another Staffie, who looks to be about 7 or 8 weeks old. It is a gorgeous dog, colored a solid dark slate gray. That little puppy is in much worse shape than Starbuck, but the vet thinks he'll pull through, too.

So, if all goes well, we'll be able to bring The Buckaroo home tomorrow.

Parvo is a frickin' scary disease. The exam room we used is still blocked off with a big sign that says "NO DOGS". We did some reading on it. It's nasty.

It looks like we got really lucky.

UPDATE: Thanks for the kind comments from everyone.

TrackBacks

Return to Main Blog Page

Comments For This Post

Previous Comments to this Post

Comments

I am so happy for you and your dog.

Written By: laura
URL: http://

Glad to hear Starbuck will be okay.

Written By: Lance
URL: www.asecondhandconjecture.com

Fabulous news, Dale.

Written By: McQ
URL: http://www.qando.net/blog

Ah, that’s some good news for my Monday morning. Glad to see your experience with this was not nearly as bad as one I was witness to some years ago.

Written By: Bithead
URL: http://

Always glad to see a happy ending to any ’dog in distress’ story. Love up on her BIG TIME when she gets home :-)

Written By: meagain
URL: http://

Scratch Starbuck behind the ears (or on the belly) for me.

Congrats on the good news, Dale.

Written By: A fine scotch
URL: http://

Glad to hear it.

You’re right, it is nasty. Once had a pup that caught it and had to nurse it through(no money to keep it at the vet). Got it through, but that was one miserable dog.

Written By: Firehand
URL: http://elmtreeforge.blogspot.com

Delighted to hear it. My dog spent two weeks (and an astonishing sum of money) at the vet, and had three paws through death’s door before deciding to get better.

one of the most emotional 12 hours periods of my life was visiting my dog, who had been home a total of 10 days before getting parvo, on a Friday evening and being told by the vet that there was a better than 50% chance that he’d be dead by morning. he was so weak he couldn’t lift his head and barely had strength to wag the end of his tail. His body had consumed all of the fat he had, so he was nothing but a bag of bones. And when we went to see him Saturday morning, he was sitting up, smiling, delighted to be alive.

This was five years ago. He came home on the Saturday before Superbowl Sunday, and we now celebrate the anniversary of the homecoming of the Dog Who Lived on that day.

Whenever I’m having a tough stretch, I take a look at his picture and think about the Dog Who Lived. He’s still so happy just to be alive. I’m sure Starbuck will feel the same way.

Written By: Francis
URL: http://

Add Your Comment

	NOTICE: While we don't wish to censor your thoughts, we do blacklist certain terms of profanity or obscenity. This is not to muzzle you, but to ensure that the blog remains work-safe for our readers. If you wish to use profanity, simply insert asterisks (*) where the vowels usually go. Your meaning will still be clear, but our readers will be able to view the blog without worrying that content monitoring will get them in trouble when reading it.
	Comments for this entry are closed.
Name:
Email:
URL:
HTML Tools:
Comment:
	Remember Me

Vicious Capitalism

Buy Dale's Book!